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OpenStudy (anonymous):

The speed of light is 186,000 miles per second. What is this speed in scientific notation? 18.6 × 105 miles per second 1.86 × 105 miles per second 186 × 103 miles per second 0.186 × 106 miles per second

OpenStudy (dakid88):

it is 1.86•10

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The second one

OpenStudy (dakid88):

yes

OpenStudy (anonymous):

For another time....scientific notation must be between 1 and 10...

OpenStudy (anonymous):

The number on the left side

OpenStudy (texaschic101):

you put you decimal after the first number.... 1.86000.....then count how many spaces there are till the end of the number...and that would be 5.....so your answer is 1.86 x 10^5

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